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; ~ oo "CONTACT REPORT , on — , DATE: .30 June 1972 7 |

AGENT: _TUSTEER/1. = 7 - > CASE OFFICER: Petor S. sasuris |

"PLACE: “Westward Ho Rostaarant,. ee 7 :
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_ Wo Cardenas, = Cardenas’ wis” previ usly described. by FUSTEER/1 as
an individual who once worked for the Agency “‘poth: in Miami and
' the Congo. He ts. a friend. of Harker, of the. ‘Washington ‘breakin 3
“scandal. Cardenas was' unemployed until . carly. 1972 but now, :
suddonly, he is: traveling to South America ard ‘has become af-
fluent. YUSTEER/1 speculated that Cardenas may be dealing in

narcotics.

! 2. Also note a Now York Times article of 28 June concerning
the Washington breakin affair. This article states that an
individual appeated on the Miami scene about two. months ago and
fecruited the team for the breakin, The recruiter was deseribed
asa "pipe smoker’ who used a code name during the recruttments.
Cardenas ssiokes a pipe atl the time according to TUst PEER/L.

- 3. LUSTBER/1 ds sceptical of the HYT article, as ‘written,
because in his opinion no Cuban could be recruited by an unknown
individual using .a code name. Considering the clandestine/
operational mentalizy of tha many Cubans in the Miami. area,
récruitments could only be made by a known recruiter with ade -
quate bona fides,

‘4, [Information on Cardénas supplied by 1USTEER/1i

: Cardenas was born about 1919. In 1954 he was a
captain with Cubana Atvridies., 1h 2954-55 he was arrested in
Havaria-by 4 Major Gchoa for smuggling cocaine. Due to political
pull Cardenas was not prosocuted but was fired frou nis position.

“He retired to his farm in Cuba from 1954-1959.

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b. From 1959 to 1960 he was in the Castro airforce.
There he met Fiorini, also involved in the Washington breakin
scandal, In 19600, in Miami, LUSTEER/1 was visiting in tha
Flomini hene when Cardenas dropped in. Also present was
£2 MAT LANZ, former Chief of the Castro airforce. Cardeans was

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then working closely with Barker in Cuban oxile. (unity).
activity on behalf of Artime,.. At the-ime Cardenas: met
IUSTEER/1 at the Figrind home, he told IUSTEER/1 to go to
a house on Brickell Avé\ | LUSTEER/1 did: and there he mot
Artime for. the first time, _ So
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| handling both Barker and Cardenas. - "Jimmy" spoke excellent. -
-| Cuban Spanish.) - ; eee a _

d. From 1962 to 1965 Cardenas worked with the Agency

‘under the cover firm Consolidated “Enyineering.. (Cardonas'
(Case Officer during this. period was Chris Frederick.) 0¢ 2°

~ le.) In 1965 the Agancy. sent Cardénas to TUSTEER/1 for
‘duty in the Congo. In the Congo Cardenas claimed to’ have a
heart attack and was hospitalized, Ne was. later proven med-

ically sound and released from his Congo assignment, :

; “£. During 1967-1968 Cardenas drove a truck in the.
Miami area. . Betweén. 1969 and.1970-72 Cardenas sold mutual. |

- funds im South America (GRAMCO and others). Thais ended when
the funds wont bankrupt. ‘ ; Ss

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